Improvement in oil-cans



E. KUESSN'ER 81. T, BREUER.

Oil-Gan.

Patented Oct. 26, I875.

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UNITED STATES PAT QFFICEQ' EDWARD K UESSNER THEODORE BREUER, CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,109, dated'October 26, 1875 ,application filed May10,1875. J I

' tion of a pump with an adjustable closed top attached to the top or cover of the can, so as to be raised to the proper position for. use when the cover is raised, and turned down by the cover when the can is closed; second, in a peculiar arrangement of valve and valvelifter, by which the oil is always kept in the pump ready for usewhen in the can, and by which the pump can be emptied when it is necessary to remove it from the can to pump oil from the barrel into. the can, or for any other purpose; third, in locking devices for securing the pump in the can.

The object of the invention is to provide a means by which the common fiat cover may be used instead of the inconvenient and expensive hood now necessary in this class of oil-cans, and to avoid the uncleanliness consequent upon the overflowing or leakage of the pump. The first object is accomplished by the adjustable pump, which, when turned down, occupies no more space in the can than is necessary to hold the measures, and when the can is open stands high enough to permit the largest measure to stand under the spout. It also permits the use of the flat cover, which, in addition to its cheapness, permits the can to be opened for use when pushed up against the wall, thus economizing space in the store.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the can, the cover being raised, and the pump attached, and elevated ready for use. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the pump removed and in the position it occupies, when ready for use. Fig. 3 is a View, partially in section, of the pump, in a plane at right angles to the view shown in Fig. 2 5 taken through the line 3 y it shows the position of the pump when the can is closed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective View of the neck or socket, with the plug and locking devices' 'for securing the pump in the can. 4

A is the body of the can, fitted with the shelf or measure-rest F, to which the neck or socket J is attached for supporting and 're- 1 taining the pump in position. Bis the cover to which the hooksu a and spring-latch b are I secured, the purpose of the hooks and latch being to attach and retain one end of the chain c, the other end ofthe chain being se cured to the pump-head D. G is the pumpcylinder, fitted with a hollow plunger, m, (which 7 trally across the cylinder and out through a V vertical slot in its opposite side connects with a link, n, which passes up along the side of the cylinder through the plug J, and terminates in a handle. Projecting from the cylinder G is a cylinder, E, perforated upon its upper side, and around which another cylinder, (1, correspondingly perforated, fits closely thereto with the cylinder D, the lower opening of which registers with the opening in the cylinder E when the head D of the pump is raised, and cuts off when the head is turned down, as seen in Fig. 3, forming a faucet connection or joint. S is a ring threaded externally, the inside diameter being the same as cylinder G, to the top of which it is secured by soldering or otherwise. T is the cap, which screws on ring S. O is the stuffing-box attached tocap T; and O is the screw-plug, fitting into it. This latter is perforated centrally, as is also the cap T, to admit the plunger-rod E. This plunger-rod H extends some distance into the hollow plunger .10, so as to allow the ball it but. a limited play. I is a plug, perforated to receive the pump-cylinder, to which it is secured permanently. It has a flange projecting around its top edge to prevent its too deep insertion in the socket J, and projecting upon its opposite sides are lugs o 0, which, in connection with hooks p p and springq, which are secured togthe, side of socket J, lock the pump in its place. The socket J is permanently secured in the shelf F. When it is necessary to remove the pump the spring-latch bis slipped ,from under the hooks a a and the chain c slipped off. The spring q is then turned over the lug 0, when,

a by turning the pump and plug I the lugs are released from the hooks p p, when the pump may be withdrawn, and by drawing up the link a the check-valve r is lifted by the valve lifter n, the stem l at the sametime lifting the ball-valve It, thus allowing all the oil in cylinder Gtorun out.

One of the (lifliculties attending all pumps heretofore usedfor this purposewas that the oil would fill up at the top and rundown the handlemr overflow,and especiallywhen pumping from the barrel into the can, as the pump could not then be in a vertical position. This escape except at thespout.

I claima r 4 1. In the oil-can A the adjustable pumphead D, D, and d, fittedto turn on cylinder E,

defect is overcome in our pump, asno oilcau substantially as specified; r y r 2. In a pump for oil-cans, the combination, substantially as described, of check-valve r, having stems Z and l,valve-1ifter n, and link 10/.

.3.- Thecombination of plug 1, secured to cylinder G, and having lugso o, andsocket LT, secured toshelf Fyand having hooks p p,

and springs q, substantially; as and for the a purpose set forth.

EDWARD KUESSNER;

Witnesses:

JAMES MooRE,1 GEO. J. MURRAY.

i l i THEODORE BREUER. 1 

